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Tectonic Plate Movements, Not Volcanoes, Drove Major Climate Shifts Over 540 Million Years


New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic eruptions, played the central role in atmospheric carbon swings and long-term climate shifts throughout Earth’s geological past.

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